http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog A blog about rural life in the UK, our countryside and my country life. It's all here, farming, gardening, wildlife, animals and rural dating. Thu, 20 Jan 2011 14:41:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/bluetongue-type-six-reaches-holland/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/bluetongue-type-six-reaches-holland/#comments Mon, 27 Oct 2008 00:24:09 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=199 The Ministry of Agriculture in Holland has confirmed that three farms have bluetongue virus serotype six (BTV-6). Bluetongue type six has not previously been found in Europe. The Dutch Ministry of Agriculture said: “The type of bluetongue detected earlier this week in eastern Netherlands appears to be type six. The voluntary vaccination campaign undertaken in [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/bluetongue-type-six-reaches-holland/feed/ 0 http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/defra-refuses-to-cull-bluetongue-rams/ http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/defra-refuses-to-cull-bluetongue-rams/#comments Sat, 30 Aug 2008 02:47:28 +0000 Sally http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/?p=182 Two cases of bluetongue have been confirmed in imported rams on two premises in Souther England, they are the first bluetongue cases in the UK this summer. The infected rams both come from the same farm in a bluetongue restricted zone in central France and the virus was detected after routine post-movement testing by Defra [...]]]> http://www.country-couples.co.uk/blog/defra-refuses-to-cull-bluetongue-rams/feed/ 0